ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN SURFACE SOILS OF URBAN AREAS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Adamec
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Surface Soils

Lightweight aggregates to reduce heavy metal pollution in green infrastructure for urban stormwater management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Concepcion Pla ◽  
Javier Valdes-Abellan ◽  
Miguel Angel Pardo ◽  
Maria Jose Moya-Llamas ◽  
David Benavente
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Lightweight Aggregates ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Runoff Water

<p>The impervious nature of urban areas is mostly responsible for urban flooding, runoff water pollution and the interception of groundwater recharge. Green infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage systems combine natural and artificial measures to mitigate the abovementioned problems, improving stormwater management and simultaneously increasing the environmental values of urban areas. The actual rate of urban growth in many urban areas requires the enhancement and optimization of stormwater management infrastructures to integrate the territorial development with the natural processes. Regarding the quality of runoff stormwater, heavy metals are critical for their impact on human health and ecological systems, even more if we consider the cumulative effect that they produce on biota. Thus, innovative stormwater management approaches must consider new solutions to deal with heavy metal pollution problems caused by runoff. In this study, we propose the employment of Arlita<sup>®</sup> and Filtralite<sup>®</sup>, two kind of lightweight aggregates obtained from expanded clays, to remove heavy metal concentration from runoff stormwater. Laboratory experiments were developed to evaluate the removal rate of different heavy metals existent in runoff stormwater. The lightweight aggregates acted as filter materials in column experiments to quantify their removal capacity. In addition, batch tests were also developed to evaluate the exhaustive capacity of the materials. Results from the study confirmed the efficiency of the selected lightweight aggregates to reduce the heavy metals concentration by up to 90% in urban stormwater runoff.</p>

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils of urban parks in Beijing, China

Chemosphere ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong-Bin Chen ◽  
Yuan-Ming Zheng ◽  
Mei Lei ◽  
Ze-Chun Huang ◽  
Hong-Tao Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Beijing China

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils and plant material in the post-industrial city of Katowice, Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 371-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina A. Steindor ◽  
Izabella J. Franiel ◽  
Wojciech M. Bierza ◽  
Beata Pawlak ◽  
Bernard F. Palowski
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Plant Material ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Post Industrial

Foliar dust as a reliable environmental monitor of heavy metal pollution in comparison to plant leaves and soil in urban areas

Chemosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 132341
Author(s):  
Changchao Li ◽  
Daolin Du ◽  
Yandong Gan ◽  
Shuping Ji ◽  
Lifei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Plant Leaves
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